The UCF Quantum Initiative brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts working on diverse aspects of quantum technologies – from algorithms for quantum computing and error correction to integrated quantum photonics, quantum metasurfaces, quantum transduction, and solid-state quantum bits – with the unifying goal of exploring and developing solutions for interoperability across platforms and scales and a strong determination to build a competitive workforce in quantum information science and technology (QIST).
This initiative is underpinned by the strong research capabilities in quantum information science and technology present at three UCF colleges: Engineering and Computer Science, Optics and Photonics, and Sciences.
Congratulations to Alex Khanikaev for his new NSF REFLEQTS award! This $2M, three-year grant will fund a major multi-institutional research project to conceive, explore, design and realize a new class of devices based on an emergent quantum physics of periodically driven materials.
Quantum Journal Club Seminar (Monday, October 13, 2025, 4:30 pm, HEC 438): Rom Simovitch from Yannick Salamin’s group will present the paper:
“Cavity quantum electrodynamics in a finite-bandwidth squeezed reservoir” by T. K. Lê et al., Phys. Rev. Applied. 24, 034053 (2025) https://journals.aps.org/prapplied/abstract/10.1103/8qtt-symt